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In this issue : Clarity 2010 opening welcome: closing farewell Transparency—an idea whose time has come Holding visual space for clarity and connection The European Commission’s clear writing campaign Japan’s project to simplify courtroom language Clarity: an empathic journey towards understanding World of Warcraft terms of service Gautrain—not plain! Gibson Sheat lawyers’ standard terms of […]

Published in The Clarity Journal 62 – 2009 Dr Robert Eagleson Down the centuries, lawyers have regularly been the butt of criticism and cruel jokes be- cause of the convoluted way they write. From certain perspectives these unfavourable judgements are appropriate and fair; yet, in over 30 years experience working closely with lawyers, I have […]

In this issue : SIMPLE LAW: laws in citizen-friendly language: a program implemented by Chile’s National Library of Congress From plain language to business language Opening ceremony remarks for Clarity’s third international conference Legal language and the technique for legislation drafting in Mexico: an unresolved matter What our Constitution has to learn from religion Plain […]

In this issue : Plain language—(literally) halfway around the world from Cincinnati Construction contract administration— an approach on clarity ‘And yet it moves’: recent developments in plain legal English in the UK Stepping stones to plain English An arbitration agreement designed not to be read, written not to be understood The Texas pattern jury charges […]

In this issue : Measuring plain language at the British Columbia Securities Commission Plain language in financial correspondence: bridging the consumer-to-customer gap Lord Renton 1908–2007 What makes a document readable? Learning about plain language through a community development project on adult literacy Keeping errors in Czech Drafting matters—letters of advice Tips from a unique provider […]

In this issue : Opening speech at the conference for the launch of New Zealand’s WriteMark plain English awards Judicial attitudes to plain language and the law Clarity member receives the Burton Award Lord David Renton Introductory editorial for the seminar in print Linguistic nasties and niceties: Who should we pander to? Or to whom […]

In this issue : A retrospect for Clarity Plain language in the UK Plain language in Scottish legislation Plain legal language in the English courts Plain language, the “Better Law-Making Charter” and some UK developments Plain English revolution officially announced Clarity for South Africa’s credit consumers Implementing plain language at Mallesons Evolution of an easy-to-understand […]

Published in The Clarity Journal 54 – 2005 Introduction As part of the conference on “Clarity and Obscurity in Legal Language” in Boulogne, we organized two panels of expert drafters — two master classes. We thought it would be interesting and instructive to see how different experts approached the same drafting assignment. In this issue, […]

In this issue : How the European Commission drafts legislation in 20 languages The European Central Bank’s approach to drafting legislation in 20 languages The effect of poorly written legislation in a bilingual legal system Producing multilingual legislation in Switzerland Linguistic oddities in European Union legislation: don’t shoot the translator Just fix the English plain […]

In this issue : Legal writing: some tools Drafting readable laws Advice from the Deep South D MacDonald Disclosure overload: lawyers are the problem, not the solution D Hyndman Plain language means better regulation R Grotsky Plain language: its effects on organizational performance Know your rights: a plain language series illuminates legal issues for seniors […]